Sometimes the simplest change in preparation can make a big difference in taste. I’ll give you a “for instance” from my own cooking journey: When I was learning to cook, I sometimes didn’t give as much attention to detail in the size of how to cut, slice and dice components of a recipe. I recall a certain chicken and vegetable stir-fry I was preparing in which I hastily cut up the chicken in larger-than-usual stir-fry pieces. It completely altered the beauty of a stir-fry. [more]

As I was making our gunk-less tacos last week, I was getting ready to assemble the taco shells when I had a thought: how can I keep the bottom of each taco from getting sogging and falling apart? [more]

The List. Do you have one? While some lists are exciting or exotic, my list is well, um, functional.

I am writing about my permanently-afixed-to-my-refrigerator grocery list. Having resisted being so practical in the past, I realized that a running list of depleted grocery items was crucial once I became a mom and my ever-multi-tasking brain needed help. [more]

If you've been reading this blog lately, you know I have been on a bit of a watermelon kick. Whether it is plain 'ole watermelon, watermelon salsa or watermelon granita, we certainly have been having our fair share of watermelon.

I wanted to share a few extra tips that have made my watermelon slicing and dicing super easy, and helped keep the clean up to a minimum (both good things for busy families, right?). [more]

I was having lunch with some mom friends and their kids at a friends’ home last Friday when the topic turned to grocery shopping, menu planning and pantry staples. A friend of mine commented, “I think I need to go grocery shopping with you.” When I asked her why, she shared that she wanted to know what was in my pantry to help get meals to the table fast. [more]